Kitchen Garden / Keukenhof My Fav Spot

Kitchen Garden

Keukenhof

This garden is one of the biggest attractions spring the Netherlands, every year visited by thousands of tourists from around the world. Garden covers an area of 32 hectares and spring blossoms over 7 million bulb flowers, tulips, hyacinths, crocus, narcissus. It is the largest garden with blooming onion plants in the world that are here inlaid by hand. The attraction of Keukenhof are also changing almost every week exhibition of flowers in the pavilions. There are many attractive compositions blooming bulb flowers with old trees, shrubs and fountains. The history of Keukenhof, the name of meaning "kitchen garden", goes back to the 15th century. Countess Jacqueline of Bavaria, Jacoba van Beieren (1401-1436) gathered fruit and vegtables from the woods and dunes her for the kitchen of Teylingen Castle. Keukenhof Castle was built in 1641, and the estate grew to an area of over 200 hectares. In 1949 a group of 20 flower bulb exporters came up with a plan to use the estate for a permanent exhibition of spring-flowering bulbs, signalling the birth of Keukenhof as a spring park. The park opened its gates to the public in 1950 and was an instant success. In 2015 the 66th edition of Keukenhof is taking place, with Van Gogh as its theme.

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